Beaverton, Oregon. Paradigma Software, Incorporated, makers of the ultrafast database system Valentina, announces an initiative to provide easy migration of applications built around MySQL AB ’s MySQL database server for developers who work with REAL Software’s REALbasic cross-platform development environment. (more…)
Custom System Tables, Performance Improvements and Coding Examples
Beaverton, Oregon-based Paradigma Software, Inc announces the release of version 3.2 of its ultra fast database technology Valentina. This update is available across the product line, including Valentina Office Server, Valentina Developer Network and the free, Linux based Valentina Community Server. (more…)
ADDS NEW SQL COMMANDS AND UNIVERSAL BINARY VERSION FOR REALBASIC
Beaverton, Oregon-based Paradigma Software, Inc announces the immediate availability of Valentina Technology Release 2.4.3 for all developer and business products. The release provides numerous minor productivity improvements in addition to new, advanced SQL features and Universal Binary support for REAL Software’s REALbasic development system.
Valentina 2’s next generation, object-relational database model builds on the traditional relational database model much like C++ builds on top of the C language. All that you know from working with traditional database systems from IBM, Oracle and Microsoft also apply to Valentina-based development. This robust technology excels at ultra fast management of millions of records.
Valentina business products include Valentina Office Server for Windows and MacOS X (PPC and Intel) and Valentina Studio, a fast and easy to use visual tool for creating, browsing, querying and administering both local and server-side Valentina databases. Valentina developer products are the Valentina 2 Application Developer Kits that allow for royalty free incorporation into desktop applications. Valentina Developer Network allows royalty free distribution of Valentina Embedded Database Server. Developer solutions are available for every major development system on MacOS X and Windows: Apple xCode (C++, Cocoa), MS Visual Studio (.net and COM), REALbasic, Revolution, Delphi and more.
Valentina technology includes support for Valentina XML import/export, Valentina SQL (SQL 92 + extensions), native Unicode UTF-16 support, simultaneous data exchange, transparent file formats, and more. Highly optimized and unique technology allows Valentina database solutions to operate hundreds to thousands of times faster than competing database technologies.
General features in all Valentina 2.4.3 ADKS and Valentina Office Server:
COMPACT RECORDS PROTOCOL. A new network protocol to compress transmitted records by an average of 50%.
PACKET VERSIONING PROTOCOL. Packets can transmit versioning information allowing improved communication with older/newer versions of the Valentina client and Valentina Server components.
SQL: DROP TABLE [IF EXISTS]. If a table exists, it is automatically dropped without an error message; this speeds rapid modification of table structure without interactive feedback.
SQL: CREATE TABLE [IF NOT EXISTS]. If a table doesn’t already exist, then it is automatically created without generating an error message.
SQL: CREATE [TEMPORARY] TABLE AS SELECT. This feature allows a new table to be created with a select statement, allowing very complex behaviors to be executed on the newly created table. An example is to automatically CLONE an existing table into a new table.
Features in Valentina Special Releases:
VALENTINA FOR REALBASIC Universal Binary Version. The best selling local and client-server database solution for REAL Software’s REALbasic is now Universal Binary on MacOS X 10.4 Intel. During the month of October, 2006, new users and upgrades to Valentina for REALbasic ADK Pro will also receive a free copy of Valentina Office Server 5-Connections, a $299 value! Valentina Office Server Universal Binary version was released in spring 2006.
VALENTINA STUDIO ENHANCED. The visual database creation, browsing and administration tool includes over 20 fixes and productivity improvements.
Valentina 2.4.3 is a free upgrade for current users of Valentina 2.x products. All new features have been documented on the company wiki. Valentina 2.4.3 ADKs start at $199. Valentina Developer Network, which allows royalty free distribution of Valentina Embedded Server, starts at $499.
For more information, visit the Paradigma Software website at http://www.paradigmasoft.com.
Paradigma Software Releases Valentina 2.4 for REALbasic
NEW COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL, UNIVERAL BINARY SERVER
Beaverton, Oregon-based Paradigma Software, Inc announces the immediate availability of Valentina 2.4, including Valentina Office Server for MacOS X Universal Binary edition and all developer tools for MacOS X and Windows, including Valentina 2.4 for REALbasic. The release allows REALbasic developers to take some advantage of native universal binary versions of the Valentina database kernel.
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VInstaller 1.0 is a helper utility to simplify the creation of Mach-O applications for Mac OS X that use Valentina 2.x or later. When you create a Mach-O application with REALbasic, you need to insert the VComponents libraries into the application package after the build is complete. VInstaller makes this a one step process.
Installing the VComponents folder is a very easy thing to do manually, but becomes a pain in the rear end since it is tedious to open up the application package and navigate to the “Contents” folder and then copy the VComponents folder to that location. Also, if you infrequently build a final application for distribution or testing, it is easy to accidently install the wrong VComponents folder (i.e., the one for carbon builds) and spend time trying to figure out why your application is crashing. VInstaller turns this into a one step “no brainer” operation.
System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or later
VInstaller is free from True North Software.
During the month of April, 2006, every upgrade or new order of Valentina 2.x for REALbasic ADK, Professional Edition will also include a five connection version of Valentina Office Server.
Valentina Office Server is the business ready database server for MacOS X or Windows, suitable for internal network use or driving websites. Based on the ultra-fast Valentina 2.x database engine, Valentina Office Server is one of the fastest, most robust developer friendly databases available.
You can utilize the Vclient component from the Valentina ADKs to connect to Valentina Office Server from these development environments or components - at no additional cost: COM (VB 6), Director,.NET (C#, VB.net), REALbasic, Revolution and C++ (MS Visual Studio and a Universal Binary Vclient for xCode). Also includes VPHP for Apache (with PEAR and AdoDB), enabling PHP 4+ scripting for Valentina Office Server.
Valentina ADK for REALbasic allows connectivity to Valentina databases using REALbasic Standard or Pro, and includes modern conventions such as encryption, XML, Valentina SQL and Unicode UTF 16. It also provides a “classes” method of sub-classing databases using the REALbasic methodology.
Valentina 2.2 ADK for REAL Software’s REALbasic also introduced support for Mach-O, three new array handling functions, three new bit handling functions, and four new record navigation functions. Performance improvements for conversion from Valentina 1.x to 2.x format were also included.
Direct Universal Binary support will be added to Valentina for REALbasic ADK when native support is available in REALbasic.
Valentina ADK Pro for REALbasic costs $299 (upgrades are $149.50) and includes both MacOS X and Windows runtimes and Valentina Studio, a tool for setting up, browsing and administering Valentina databases. The MacOS version of Valentina Studio is a Universal Binary version.